B
- Gregory Victor Babic (1963–2013)
- Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013)
- Van Badham (born 1974)
- Murray Bail (born 1941)
- Allan Baillie (born 1943)
- Margaret Balderson (born 1935)
- Faith Bandler (1918–2015)
- Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987)
- Robert G. Barrett (1942–2012)
- John Arthur Barry (1850–1911)
- Max Barry (born 1973)
- Catherine Bateson (born 1960)
- Alan Baxter (born 1970)
- John Baxter (born 1939)
- William Baylebridge (1883–1942)
- Barbara Baynton (1857–1929)
- Richard Beasley (born 1964)
- George Lewis Becke (1855–1913)
- Jean Bedford (1946–2025)
- K. A. Bedford (born 1963)
- Randolph Bedford (1868–1941)
- George Beeby (1869–1942)
- Larissa Behrendt (born 1969)
- Diane Bell (born 1943)
- Herz Bergner (1907–1970)
- Patricia Bernard (born 1942)
- Helen Bianchin (born 1939)
- Barbara Biggs (born 1956)
- John B. Biggs (born 1934)
- Carmel Bird (born 1940)
- Winifred Birkett (1897–1966)
- John Birmingham (born 1964)
- Dora Birtles (1903–1992)
- K. J. Bishop (living)
- Emily Bitto (living)
- Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969)
- Estelle Blackburn (born 1950)
- Georgia Blain (1964–2016)
- Ally Blake (living)
- Godfrey Blunden (1906–1996)
- Capel Boake (1889–1944)
- Merlinda Bobis (born 1959), Filipino expatriate
- Ralph de Boissière (1907–2008)
- Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne) (1826–1915)
- Ian Bone (born 1956)
- Alison Booth (living)
- Guy Boothby (1867–1905)
- Gillian Bouras (born 1945)
- Martin Boyd (1893–1972)
- Russell Braddon (1921–1995)
- James Bradley (born 1967)
- Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957)
- Lily Brett (born 1946)
- Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003)
- Chris Broadribb (living)
- Damien Broderick (1944–2025)
- Steve Brook (1934–2014), Polish-born journalist and satirical novelist
- Geraldine Brooks (born 1955)
- Karen Brooks (born 1954)
- Anne Brooksbank (born 1943)
- John Brosnan (1947–2005)
- Carter Brown (1923–1985)
- Honey Brown (living)
- Max Brown (1916–2003)
- Marshall Browne (1935–2014)
- Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958)
- Alyssa Brugman (born 1974)
- Anne Buist (living)
- Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1889)
- Janine Burke (born 1952)
- William Aubrey Burnage (1824–1902)
- Nathan Burrage (born 1971)
- Deborah Burrows (born 1959)
- Alex Buzo (1944–2006)
- Liz Byrski (born 1944)
